The Search

The Search

1948104 min
7.0/10
DramaWar

Plot Summary

In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is befriended by an American GI while the boy's mother desperately searches for him.

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👥Cast (11)

Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift

Ralph Stevenson

Ivan Jandl

Ivan Jandl

Karel Malik aka 'Jim'/'Jimmy'

Aline MacMahon

Aline MacMahon

Mrs. Murray

Wendell Corey

Wendell Corey

Jerry Fisher

Jarmila Novotná

Jarmila Novotná

Hannah Malik

Mary Patton

Mary Patton

Mrs. Fisher

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Ewart G. Morrison

Mr. Crookes

Leopold Borkowski

Leopold Borkowski

Joel Markowsky

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Claude Gambier

Raoul Dubois

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William Rogers

Tom Fisher

Fred Zinnemann

Fred Zinnemann

Interpreter (uncredited)

🎬Crew

Director

Fred Zinnemann

Writers

Richard Schweizer, Montgomery Clift, Betty Smith

Producers

Lazar Wechsler

🖼️Gallery (3 images)

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🏷️Keywords

adoptionauschwitz-birkenau concentration camppost war germanylovelittle boyorphandevotiontrustdisplacement camppresumed deadpost world war iienglish lessonrunaway childconcentration camp survivorcase workeramerican g.i.search for childdrowned childlearning english

Production Companies

Praesens-Film
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer